Why a Booktrail?
1994- 2013: Imagine travelling to some of the most amazing places in the world – spending 20 years just really exploring and seeing a place. Well, James Chilton did just that.
The Last Blue Mountain
What you need to know before your trail
James says:
“The Last Blue Mountain is a collection of impressions and reflections of various foreign trips over 20 years. Latterly, destination decisions have been based on the wish to escape the mass of the travelling public and this has lead to some slightly unusual places. These tend to be far flung as I can mop up Europe in old age”
The title is a quote from the Flecker poem The `Golden Journey to Samarkand:
We are the pilgrims master; we shall go Always a little further; it may be Beyond the last blue mountain Across the angry or that glimmering sea.
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Some interesting author facts to go with this book:
The worst weather he experienced was the hurricane off the West coast of Mexico in November 2015
The strangest experience was coming across a troop of 1000 mandrills who stopped to look at him in Gabon
The nicest food? A fresh and crispy baquette, spread with plenty of butter and filled with fresh ham; probably in a provincial French railway station.
What did you take with you on your travels? The wish to be back at my home with his wife.
What about his sketches in the book? James is a photographer but sketching provides a more concentrated and detailed appreciation of the subject. It takes a great deal more time which he doesn’t always have.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Last Blue Mountain
Author/Guide: James Chilton Destination: Worldwide Departure Time : 1994- 2013
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